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Cubic feet per head. Cubic feet per consumer. Sale in million cubic feet per annum. Pre-war Price (1914). Present-day Price 1 (1920).
•s. d. s. d.
Birmingham 24,300 69,600 12,809 1 11 3 7i
Manchester 8,500 31,000 6,055 2 2 4-s. to 4s. 3t/.
Nottingham 9,000 25,300 2,310 2 2 3 10
Leeds 6,100 27,300 3,137 2 2 5 1
York 7,300 27,800 604 2 1 3 1
Brighton 13,900 39,400 1,819 2 10 5 6
Hastings 7,600 37,000 466 2 10| 5 0
Guildford 9,500 33,200 226 2 8 4 2
Watford 10,600 37,900 435 2 8 5 6
Canterbury 7,800 31,800 192 2 8 4 6
It is interesting to note that in spite of the higher cost of gas the consumption per consumer has increased considerably in all cases during the past five years. This is more particularly the case with those towns which. are of an industrial and manufacturing nature. In the case of Birmingham, the figures must be considered anomalous to a certain extent, owing to the faet that the total sales of gas given include a period of exceptional war activity, during which. period the normal population was considerably augmented. In calculating the consumption. per head, liowever, the population at the last census has necessarily to be taken, thus 110 allowance has been made for the temporary inerease. Again, on the census population, Brighton has more than doubled its consumption per head during the past five years. But when consideration is given to the notorious influx of temporary residents to which this resort has had within the last year or so to reconcile itself, the significance of the figure given will be appreciatecj.
So far as the smaller towns are concerned, it is instructive to note the condi-tions, a few examples of which are given below:—
Cubic feet per head. Cubic feet per consumer. Sale in million cubic feet per annum.
Faversham 7,730 26,200 82
Hitchin 6,200 26,200 74
Harpenden 10,200 32,300 63
Louth 5,400 26,400 54
Riokmansworth . . . . . 4,800 22,400 30
Barmouth 4,700 18,500 10
Arlesey 2,400 11,000 5
With the smaller undertakings the consumption per head varies fairly consider-ably, depending a great deal on wh.eth.er the district is partly industrial or purely
1 It will be appreciated that from 1921 the general basis of oharging will be per therm = 100,000 B.Th.U.